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PD: 7,000 Heroin Folds, 'Ghost' Gun Seized, Drug-Dealing Paterson Ex-Con, GF Busted
Paterson detectives seized more than 7,000 heroin folds, a homemade "ghost" gun and more while busting a drug-dealing ex-con and his girlfriend, authorities said.
Kadeem Coleman tried keeping police off his tail by using various vehicles registered to residents in a multi-family building in the city's Hillcrest section that served as a base of operations, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
Coleman, 28, had reason to be cautious. He'd spent several years in federal prison after city police, responding to a 2015 shooting on Jefferson Street, found him carrying a .45-caliber pistol th…
Wild Chase: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside
A 17-year-old carjacker crashed while fleeing Paterson police in a sedan that he'd just stolen with a 5-year-old child inside, authorities said.
The owner had left the 2010 Nissan Altima running, with the youngster inside, in front of the Goody II Chinese and Spanish restaurant on Union Avenue around 9 p.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
All available uniformed officers and detectives flooded the area in response to the call, Speziale said.
Twenty minutes later, Lt. Louis Pacelli spotted the sedan behind Public School #5, he said.
Seeing him, the teen driver hit the g…
